Day 23: Food at Home & Cooking
Talking about meals and simple cooking
Talk about what you eat at home and simple food preparation.
Objectives
- Name common meals
- Say what you are cooking or eating
- Use hungry / thirsty
- Describe a simple home meal
Vocabulary
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morgenmad
breakfast
frokost
lunch
aftensmad
dinner
jeg laver mad
I am cooking / making food
det smager godt
it tastes good
sulten
hungry
tørstig
thirsty
Jeg er sulten
I am hungry
Hvad skal I spise?
What are you going to eat?
| Target | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| morgenmad | breakfast | ||
| frokost | lunch | ||
| aftensmad | dinner | ||
| jeg laver mad | I am cooking / making food | ||
| det smager godt | it tastes good | ||
| sulten | hungry | ||
| tørstig | thirsty | ||
| Jeg er sulten | I am hungry | ||
| Hvad skal I spise? | What are you going to eat? |
Patterns
Meals
Talking about eating and cooking
- Jeg spiser frokost.
- Jeg laver aftensmad.
- Jeg er sulten.
- Det smager godt.
Speaking Practice
Record yourself, listen back, and download anything worth keeping.
Meal lines
Jeg er sulten.
Jeg laver mad.
Vi spiser aftensmad.
Det smager godt.
Home food (record this)
Om morgenen spiser jeg morgenmad. Om aftenen laver jeg mad. I aften spiser vi kylling. Jeg er sulten.
Writing Practice
- Write about your typical meals in Danish.
- Write a short answer to Hvad skal I spise i aften?
Scenario: Talking about dinner
Someone asks what you are eating.
Them: Hvad skal I spise i aften?
You: Vi laver kylling og kartofler.
Them: Det lyder godt.
You: Ja. Jeg er sulten.
Immersion Tasks
- Narrate what you cook or eat today in Danish
- Label three kitchen items out loud
Self-Check
- Can you name the main meals?
- Can you say you are cooking and that you are hungry?